Student Success Center

Student Success Center

The Student Success Center can aid you in fulfilling your academic and career potential
by providing intentional, developmentally appropriate opportunities for self-reflection
and discovery. We encourage experiential learning and support students’ decision-making
process in vocational, personal and academic choices.

Scheduling an Appointment

You can easily schedule an appointment for any of our services online with SLU Appointments.

Services

Academic Support

Nobody said college would be easy, but when the going gets tough, we’ve got you covered.

Highly qualified peer tutors are available to guide you through the challenges of
many of SLU’s foundation level courses. No matter your major, there are tutors ready
to help you navigate the required courses for all the school and colleges.

University Writing Services is committed to the campus-wide improvement of student
writing through one-on-one peer consultation, workshops and writing groups. Our goal
is to improve the culture of writing on SLU's campus and to help you to identify yourself
as a strong writer within your discipline.

You can schedule individual tutoring sessions and writing consultations through SLU
appointments. No appointments are necessary for Supplemental Instruction sessions,
simply show up at the scheduled time and location.

Career Services

Life after SLU may seem far away when you’ve just arrived on campus, but it’s never
too early to start making plans for what comes next. Our career development specialists
are here to help from your first semester to graduation and beyond to map your dreams,
construct a plan and move forward on the path to career success.

Disability Services

Disability Services partners with students, faculty, academic departments and service
providers to ensure that you have equal access and opportunity to all University programs,
services and experiences.

We coordinate aids and services to meet the needs of students with disabilities. Our
goal is to create a safe and supportive campus community for all SLU students. All
inquiries about the availability of university-related accommodations are kept confidential
and should be addressed to Disability Services.

Student Success Coaching

Success Coaching is a type of personal coaching that assists you with the planning
and completion of your academic goals. Like the coach in any sport, the student success
coach's goal is to help you perform to the best of your ability.

Through a process of personal exploration and skill development, you will gain a better
understanding of your academic strengths and challenges and work towards establishing
both immediate and long-term goals resulting in improved academic achievement.

Mapworks Testing

Mapworks is a comprehensive online survey that focuses on categories of first-year
student success ranging from academics to involvement on campus. The results of your
survey help our academic success team guide you to success with customized information
to help you get the most out of your college experience.

Our Mission

As educators focused on the holistic development of students, we take a values-driven
approach to each student interaction and into the design of each service or program:

Vocational discernment: Students reflect upon their values, skills, interests and
personality as it relates to their choice of academic program and career path. Consistent
with the Jesuit mission, students make decisions that guide them to connect their
passions with societal needs.

Commitment to lifelong learning: Students demonstrate effective academic skills and
behaviors and commit to the process of learning both in and out of the classroom.

Experiential learning: Students engage in structured experiential learning and then
take time to reflect upon those experiences.

Personal responsibility: Students take personal responsibility for their academic
and career aspirations, are thoughtful about their own behaviors and decisions, and
are intentional about the goals they set and the means by which they plan to attain
those goals.

Meaningful relationships: We work to make students feel individually valued, including
their personal identities and traits, and support them as they form meaningful interpersonal
connections with others on campus.